Why you should drive your Triumph to work.....

[davidk]

I try to drive the TR-6 to work about once a week. I drove it last Friday. A gentleman came by the office looking for the owner. He lives in Dallas (about two hours away).

He told me that he had been in town a couple of months ago and had seen the TR-6. He had a ’72 TR-6 that he bought new, and drove it several years until it was wrecked. He evidently kept a workshop manual and a tonneau cover. He told me he put them in the trunk of his car, and stopped in to find me when he saw the car again Friday. He gave me the manual and the tonneau cover! Made my day!

After a little cleaning, here’s what the tonneau looks like:

And the workshop manual:

 

[Dino_V]

very nice! that was cool of him, true enthusiast!

 

[Reh]

The lady i purchased my 2 other GT6s from gave me the GT6 version of that manual. I love the people in the british car community (except the mean lady with an old mini i met today).

 

[glemon]

I drove my TR250 to work Friday morning and parked it outside the office at a parking meter. One of the ladies I worked with said when she went a plugged her meter there was a guy looking at the car. He knew what it was as did a couple other people at his office. I was impressed, as most general "car guys" recognize a TR6, but get a little fuzzy on what came before it. Looks like I may have some new LBC buddies in the neighborhood soon.

REH, love your tagline.

 

[TR6oldtimer]

I have the same book that is suppose to span through 1973. Use that manual with caution, particularly as it relates to the suspension which describes the TR4 suspension. It also is lacking in the coverage of the various carburetors, although with your TBI system, it probably does not matter. There are other problems with the publication. So if what you see on your car does not match the manual, it is more then likely the manual is in error.

All that said, your donor was one fine enthusiast who thought enough of his experience to share things with you.

 

[DNK]

David- where you one of the trp TBI people?

 

[Andrew Mace]

He gave me the manual and the tonneau cover! Made my day!

Almost the same thing happened to my dad over 40 years ago (I was still a teenager then, just shy of driving age). He drove his '64 Herald convertible to work every day, and one day a co-worker approached him, offering him a tonneau cover. Neither of us had any idea that one was available for a Herald (apparently the dealer didn't do his job very well back in 1/64), but we jumped at the chance to get it!

Fast forward about 15 years. As luck would have it, I now worked the same place my dad did. My supervisor found out I liked Triumphs and mentioned that he once had a TR4. Next day, he brought in a paper shopping bag with a TR4 tonneau cover in it and said I could have it or find someone who could use it. Very cool. The only TR4 I had then or ever was a long-used-up, rusted parts car, but I did manage to pass the tonneau on to someone else!

 

[davidk]

David- were you one of the trp TBI people?

I guess I'm one of the dbl TBI people! (Since 2006)

 

[DNK]

Thought you were doing trps.
Sorry.

 

[tomgt6]

I park my car in front of building when I drive it and I still haven't gotten any parts or covers, but when I go to car shows people say they have seen a car just like this in front of a white building (which is were I work).

But around here just about everyone has no idea what the car is or who triumph is.

I guess I like having a Herald.

 

[6969ronin6969]

Couldn't agree more. I haven't gotten any goodie bags of parts yet, but I drive my TR3 or M635 to work and it has allowed me to meet alot more people than I otherwise would have. Car guys are always looking for someone to BS with cars about (that's why we're on this forum right?).

That plus driving them is way more fun than just staring at them...

Eric

 

[tr8todd]

Back in my younger days, I used to drive my TR8 to work almost every day. Anybody that know's me , knows I love practical jokes. I worked very long nights at a large food distribution warehouse. One morning after a night of heavy rain, I came out to find my soft top was put down by one of my coworkers. The drive home was very soggy. I got the culprit back thou. One winter night the temp dropped down into the single digits. I wrapped his car with 2 entire rolls of wet brown paper towels from the dispensers in the men's room. Also applied a five gallon bucket of water as the towels were freezing in place. Picture a car encased in about an inch of plywood and you'll get the idea what he had to deal with. It took a cutting torch from the shop just to get the door open then another two hours running the car to melt the frozen towels.